Roger Bertine Kirkpatrick ’34

ROG KIRKPATRICK, whose matchless wit and perfectly tuned sense of pure fun endeared him to persons of all stages and stations in life, died Aug. 22 at home in Princeton. He joked with the town's reigning social arbiters and University undergraduates; he kidded the president of the bank as wittily and gently as he did the waitress at the dub. And they all took pleasure in his attentions. The prevailing sentiment was voiced by a classmate's wife: "I loved that man."

Rog was a former Class president (195459), A.G. Class Agent (194954) and special gifts chairman (198384), and the first administrator of our Special Assistance Fund. In June he and Nancy, with the whole family, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and his 80th birthday. He had retired in 1975 as general sales manager of the eastern division of Container Corp. of America. Surviving, besides Nancy (Goldsmith), are three sons, Alexander L. (Sandy) '66, Peter F., and Stuart F. (a fourth son, Roger F., was killed in a mountainclimbing accident in 1982); six grandsons, and a brother, Malcolm. To them we offer our sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1934